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Vol 21. No 22
BOOSTERS CLUB
REGULAR MEET
A PROPOSED $75,000,00 STATE
BOND ISSUE WAS A PARTICU
LAR FEATURE AT MONDAY
NIGHTS’ MEETING.
The regular weekly meeting of the
Boosters Club, held at the city Hall
Monday night, was characterized by
more than usual interest and enthu
siasm on the part of the members
present. The attendance was also
above the average of the usual meet
ings.
Owing to the absence of one of its
members, the finance committee on
subscriptions for the Cl\ib House was
unable to make a report.
A very gratifying report was made
by represenatives of the Club who
attended a meeting of representa
tives of the Cotton Belt Highway as
sociation held at Swainsboro last
Monday. From this report it ap
pears that the way has been cleared
for Lyons and Toombs county to
realize one of their fondest amiti
tions pertaining to roads, which is a
bridge across the Altamaha river,
with afhorth and south highway
leading through Lyons. Only a few
formalities remain to be disposed of
and the plans that the Boosters have
fought for, for the last several
month will become the official plans
of the State Highway Department.
A free ferry will be provided at
an early date for crossing the river
at the proposed bridge site.
A discussion of the poposed $75,-
000,000 state bond issue was a par
ticularly interesting feature. It was
shown that if the country counties
which do not take hold of road build
ing in earnest at the present time,
the cost of road building will be
much greater when they have to un
dertake the matter independent of a
general state scheme. The larger
counties in which the great cities
are located are building roads by
voting county bonds, and when they
complete their rohds, they will be
opposed to a bond issue for the state
while they would favor one at pres
ent. The big city counties are pay
ing for road building in the country
counties, because they use by far
the greatest amount of gasoline from
which our road funds are derived.
In view of the facts presented,
the Booster went on record favoring
the bond issue. Thp opinion was
generally expressed that a proper
understanding of the question would
make it carry in Toombs county, and
the following resolution was passed:
Whereas, This organization stands
for progress and the development of
our State, County, and City, and
, Whereas, At the present time
there is great interes#being arous
ed on the subject of a STATE'BOND
ISSUE FOR EDUCATIONAL AND
HIGHWAY purposes;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,
That the Lyons Boosters’ Club en
dorses most heartily a STATE BOND
ISSUE for the purpose stated for as
great an amount as the automobile
and gasolines taxes will provide the
interest and sinking fund necessary.
The Ladies’ Auxiliary, represent
ed on this occasion by a committee
composed of Mesdames Dess Gray,
F. F. Goddard, C. W. Culpepper and
J. K. Hall, fully measured up to the
very high standard set by the Auxil
iary at the first meeting of the
Boosters at which the ladies served.
The ladies seem to have made them
selves an indispensible aid to the
Boosters, according to the opinions
expressed by the men on this oc
casion.
The ladies of the Auxiliary named
to serve at the next meeting are Mrs.
G. W. Lankford, Mrs. C. C. Moseley,
Mrs. W. C. Mason and Mrs. G. H.
Mcßride.
NOTICE
Tuesday, June the 3rd, being Jef
ferson Davis birthday, and a Legal
holiday, both banks will observe It,
and will be closed for business on
that day.
jthe Toons Progress
THE MASS MEETING
(Editorial)
Elsewhere in this issue of the Pro
gress is an announcement of a mass
meeting of the citizens, and patrons
of our local school, for the purpose
of improving, wherever possible, ed
ucational conditions. It is a fine
thing for citizens of a community to
take a common interest in anything
that tends toward the uplift, pro
gress and prosperity of the commun
ity. Especially is this true with
respect to education, for nothing be
sides Christianity can do so much for
a people as education, and education
he'ps to establish Christianity when
it is properly directed. The two go
hand in hand.
Education is an absolute essential
if the unlimited resources of our
great state are to be discovered by
its citizenry and developed to their
fullest extent. If Georgians do not
do ,this, people from other states
where education has been appreciat
ed and encouraged, where men have
made dreams come true, are going to
seize the untold wealth
of our state for a pittance and con
vert it into fortunes for themse’ves,
leaving the purest and noblest peo
ple of this great nation of ours, the
people of the South, as servants of
others who have had superior -ed
ucational advantages.
To say that our schools can and
should be improving all the time is
to express the sober and sincere
judgement of every thoughful citi-'
zen. Every man or woman who has
the interest of our boys and girls and
the future of our country at heart
can ill afford to forega any oppor
tunity to do his part in the advance
ment of this, perhaps the most mom
entus, question of the day.
It is understood that this is the
object of the mass meeting which is
planned for this community, and
'constructive consideration of such
a matter by the entire community
can lead to only the most satisfact
ory consequences.
When people are satisfied with
their accomplishments along any
worthwhile line of human endevor,
they have reached the danger point,
and will enter immediate'y upon a
certain and rapid decline, which car
ries with it in its rapid decent every
related interest. Therefore, it is
deemed wise to sometimes take stock
and see where we stand.
SUPERIOR COURT
IN SESSION
MANY CASES HAVE BEEN DIS
POSED OF UP TO THE PRES
ENT-ONLY ONE WEEK OF
COURT EXPECTED.
The Superior Court now in session
has been occupied most of the week
with criminal busjness and several
minor cases have been disposed of.
Among the several cases which
have been tried, or in which pleas
have been entered are:
Lum Moseley, charged with carry
ing a pistol without license, fined S3O
or three months; cursing in the pres
ence of ladies, $25 or two months.
Ollie Ganey was convicted of maim
ing and killing a hog, and sentenced
to pay a fine of S4O or serve four
months. Claud Warnock, charged
with fornication, plead gui'ty and
was sentenced to three months or a
fine of $35. P. M. Tarver was con
victed of having liauor and sentenc
ed to pay a fine of $75 or six months.
Sam Brantley was cleared of a
charge of assault and battery. Ar
thur Tarver was * released under
charge of manufacturing liquor.
Mrs. Joe Eason and Hub Jones
were tried on a charge of breaking
into a car box at Ohoopee. Mrs,
Eason was cleared and the case
against Jones nolprossed. Peanut
Cowart, tried some time ago as one
of the parties to this offense, took
complete responsibility for the crime
A first verdict for divorce was
rendered in favor of J. E. Pa'mer, j
age 82.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY
LYONS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MAY 29 1924
Lyons High School Conies To
* Close On Wednesday Night
BACCALAUREATE ADDRES DE
LIVERED BY HON. GEORGE H.
CARSWELL DIPLOMAS DE
LIVERED BY G. W. LANKFORD.
The Lyons High School wrote
“finnis” to the term of 1923-24 Wed
nesday night when it graduated a
class of four young ladies and one
young man, Misses Louise Brown,
Mary Hunter, Tommie Lil Mason and
Annie Lou Coleman and Mr. Alferd
Newton.
The numbers rendered by the sev
earl members of the graduating
class constituted and excellent pro
gram. Mis s Mason was the first
honor pupil of the class, and Mr. A’-
fred Newton received second honor.
The baccalaureate address, deliver
ed by Hon. George H. Carswell, on
the educational, conditions of Geor
gia, the avlue of education and use
fulness in life, met with hearty res
Proposed $70,000,000 Highway
Bond Issue Gets Kiwanis Support
ACTION ON PROPOSAL BY ALL
CLUBS IN STATE OF GEORGIA
RECOMMENDED BY THE EX
ECUTIVES.
MACON, Ga., May 25.—The ex
ecutive committee ofthe Georgia
district of Kiwanis Clubs at a meet
ing here yesterday endorsed the pro
posed $70,000,000 highway bond is
sue, as putlined by W. T. Aanderson,
and recommended that each of the
forty-two Kiwanis clubs of the State
take action on the matter. The state
convention will be held in Rome, Ga.
October 21 and 22.
W. T. Anderson addressed the
meeting, outlining in detail the plans
to obtain better roads in Georgia.
The meeting opened at Hotel
Dempsey yesterday morning, and
held an afternoon session after lunch
was served at the Hotel Dempsey.
P. T. Anderson, district governor
of Kiwanis clubs, welcomed the vis
itors. Dr. Thomas A. McArthur, of
Cordele, told of the tour that was
made by Dr. A. M. Soule, of the
State College of Agriculture, this
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ponse from the large audience.
Dip'omas were delivered to the j
members of the graduating class by
Hon. G. W. Lankford.
First and second honor pupils of I
the several grades, as announced by
Professor Usher, were as follows:
First Grade, Wallace Henderson
first, George Mcßride, second ... sec
ond grade, Virginia Gray, first, Ada
Claire Moseley, second; third grade,
William Gi’es Talley, first, Beth
Aaron, second; fourth grade, H. J.
Clifton, first, Mary McLemore, sec
ond; fifth grade, Jack Brown, first,
Jessie New, second; sixth grade,
Mamie Joe Coursey, first, Huland
Simons, second; seventh grade, Ruby
| New, first, Nettie Stewart, second;
j ninth grade, Sara Frances Moseley,
first, Dorothy Brown, second.
* Miss Nettie Stewart was awarded
a volume containing the New Test
ament and Pfealms in Latin for being
tfoe best latin scholar.
being sponsored by the Kiwanis
clubs. Dr. McArthur is chairman of
the agricultural committee of the
jstate Kiwanis Club.
Dr. Harrold Reports
Dr. C. C. Harrold, chairman of the
underprivileged child committee, re
ported on the work. The committee
decided to arrange a state tour for
Miss Rhoda K&ufman, of the state
■board, in the interest of this work.
James Maddox, of Rome, reported
on plans for the state convention to
rbe held in that city,"and following his
talk the date for the convention was
fixed, Oct. 21 and 22.
C. B. Rhodes, member of the in
ternational convention committee,
outlined plans and schedules for trip
to the convention in Denver in June.
Mr. Fitch, of the State College of
Agriculture, told of plans for send
ing three boys to the national live
stock show in Milwaukee as prizes
for the best results in dairy farming.
It would cost about SSOO, he said.
The committee on agriculture re
ported that it had the amount named
available and was authorized to
spend it for the dairy farming prize.
SANITATION AND HEALTH
-
(Dr. Aaron’s Paper Read at
Booster’s Club)
This is the season of the year to
make war on flies, one of man’s
"worst enemies, because they are one
of the principal carriers of disease.
'Of course, screening of houses is
i necessary, but an equally important
I factor in the fight against this germ
1 carrier is giving proper attention to
i breeding places. The most import
j ant of these are places where borses
jor cows are kept. These should be
| screened as carefully as the home, or
! all manure placed in some dark place,
j as flies hate darkness and will not go
there to breed.
All out door closets should be con- '
demned, or provided with hinged j
, drop door at the back, so as to effect
I total darkness, and cleaned regularly.
All effort should be made to have
every body use artesian water. The
health of a single individual may
sometime result in an epidemic to j
the entire community.
This is also the time to start the
fight on mosquitoes.
The breeding place of tbe mospui
itois in still water. Oftimes there
jis a sag in the valley on the roof of i
! your house, or it may be filled with !
i trash, or some gutter, barrel, cup,
i can, broken bottle or waste paper,i
1 about the house or yard in rainy j
I weather, may provide the ideal place
for the mospuito to deposit the lar
vae. These places can be found
only by careful cleaning, starting on
the house top, through the yard, lots
and garden, winding up in the vacant
lots near by.
A mah from the State Department
of Health was sent to examine a
septic tank about which complaint
had been made. He found more
larvae in the open ditch intp which
the sewer emptied, and a much more
dangerous condition, than the septic
' tank presented. The open ditches
are one of the worst menaces to the
health of any community. He also
• recommended that drainage from the
' kitchen sink be not allowed to go in
-3 to the spetic tank, unless a trap be
provided to catch the grease to keep
■ it from the tank.
> All ditches should have constant
1 attention, and should be gone over
• after every hard rain, to see that no
: trash caused pockets where water
- would remain eddy. All sewers
• should be looked after to see that no
; water remains after drainage. Weeds
. should be cut and vacant lots clean
ed often. Old paper, old cans, brok
. en fruit jars and bottles, should be
[ removed from all premesis and va
, cant lots, streets and alleys.
If these recomendations are vig
orously enforced, the amount of sav
ing from sickness and loss of energy
from these infections would run into
I a vast sum.
presidenTpavs
HIGH TRIBUTE
STRESSES RELIGIOUS SIDE
LIKENS LEE’S FOLLOWERS TO
MEN IN CROMWELL’S ARMY
PRAISES GEN. JULIAN CARR.
WASHINGTON, x\lay 25.—Un
stinted tribute to the Confederate
| dead was paid today by Calvin Cool
-1 idge, the first New Englander to be
come president since the Civil War.
Speaking at the Confederate me
meorial day exercises at Arlington,
Mr. Collidge looked across the green
slopes where the Confederate and j
Union dead sleep almost side by side
'and declared: ,
“A mighter force than ever fol
t ’owed Grant and Lee has leveled both
their hosts, raised up a united r. •**Mi
and made us all partakers of a new
| glory.”
I The chief executive previously had
j turned to the few remaining veterans
: in gray, seated just before him and
I to their sons and daughters and, with
a reminder that “time has softened,
J discretion has changed” the bitter
ness of conflict between North and j
South, said:
“Your country respects you for
cherishing the memory of those who,
Subscription SI.OO
POUITRV CAR
SAUINE 7111
FOURTH CAR TO RUN OVER SEA
BOARD RAILWAY 53,315.64
HAS BEEN PAID FOR POULTRY
IN THE LAST THREE SALES.
The fourth run of the S. (A. L.
poultry car will pass through Vida
lia, Lyons and Ohoopee Saturday
morning June 7th.
These poultry cars have brought
15,784 pounds of poultry, and paid
$3,315.64 to Toombs County farm
ers. Without them, much of this
poultry would never have been sold
by the farmers, so they have been a
direct means of putting more money
in circulation in Toombs County.
Lyons has loaded 8,958 pounds and
received $1,961.74 in cash to the
farmers.
These cars will run so long as they
are supported, but if we let a few
outside fellows come in and break
them up, then we will have to drop
back on the old basis of shipping to
commission merchants and taking
what they give. The merchants of
Lyons have, without an exception,
! been enthusiastic about this method
; in spite of the fact that inducements
were made to some of them to buy
in opposition to the car. They are
good boosters.
Os course, not all the kinks, have
been ironed out about handling this
car yet, but we are working on that
; just as hard as we can, and going as
fast as we can. We want to put the
car on a basis where bids will be ac
cepted Monday before the car runs,
and then let the highest bidder run
the car. No other buyer than Kelly
of Atlanta has offered to operate
the cars, but if they continue suc
cessful as they have in the past, Sa
: vannah merchants will be forced to
come out of their shell and operate
j cars in order to get the poultry.
Philadelphia and other places will
soon be bidding on them.
So far, we have been checking up
closely on the markets and the cars
have been paying top prices, consid
ering the markets. In fact, by pay
| ing high prices for friers and hens,
they cleared the Savannah markets
so that they have been forced up
and chickens are not being held
there to shrink at the expense of the
, farmers.
Friers are naturally dropping in
the big markets, so remember the 1
to 2 pound frier cannot be expected
to stay so high, but remember prices
quoted by Savannah is mostly for
2 y 2 to 3 pound friers which the
poultry car does not want.
Remember the date and that this
is nearing the close of the spring
chicken season. Rush your friers
while there is still a profit in them,
and se'l them before low prices take
your profits away.
MASS MEETING
The Progress is requested to an
nounce that there will be a mass
meeting of citizen and patrons of
Lyons High Schoo' at the City Hall
Friday night, May 30, for the pur
pose of considering and discussing
matters and means for the better
ment of education under the local
school system. Analysis and discus
sion of any question with a view to
improving educational conditions are
invited.
All who have an interest in the
boys and girls and the future of the
home town are requested to attend.
SUNDAY SCHOOL NOTICE
The Baptist Sunday School meets
Sunday afternoons at 3:30. The ses
sions will begin promptly at that
hour and continue for just one hour.
YOU are invited to attend.
wore the gray. You respect others
who cherish the memory of those
who w'ore the blue. In that mutual
respect may there be a firmer friend
ship and a stronger and mote gloo»
ious union.”